Black Holes in a Haystack: Search and Interpretation of Gravitational Waves

Created by

Lisann Schmidt

Start

Tuesday January 10, 2017 16:15:00 CET

End

Tuesday January 10, 2017 17:45:00 CET

Description

Frank Ohme (LIGO)

Abstract: Last year, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the discovery of gravitational waves from black-hole binaries that collide in the most energetic collisions we have observed in the Universe so far. I will give an introduction to the analysis methods behind these great discoveries and show how theoretical models of gravitational-wave signals help us decipher weak spacetime oscillations that are buried in instrument noise.